Seventy-two years later, a Stinson comes home BY KEN SCOT T IN 1934, HARRY G. BALLANCE BOUGHT A NEW STINSON SR-5A AND FLEW IT HOME TO ATLANTA. In 2006, Harry G. Ballance bought the very same SR-5A and flew it home to Atlanta. The key, of course, is that the two Harry G. Ballances are different men. Harry G. Ballance Sr. was the original owner of NC14572. The current owner of the airplane now known as Miss Scarlet is his son, Harry G. Ballance Jr. The 72 years in between make for a good story. P H OT O G R A P H Y C O U R T E S Y E A A / E D H I C K S 50 | AOPA PILOT April 2021